Love Not At First Sight(AR)Last Part pg73 (03/07) - Page 40

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

FEEL THE LOVE

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

-reserved for replies : D

last part on page 51

PART 8

After dropping her home safely, he made his way towards his house. There were some unsettled scores he had to settle. His mind was divided into two. One part was scared of facing him, the other ready to beat him. He knew it was entirely his fault of forgetting him and leaving him there all alone but after hearing that she cares about him for a sec. he actually wished that abhi had beaten him. He was madly in love with her and rahul knew it, still he went ahead and proposed her that too in a filmy dialogue, knowing about the consequences very well. What if she actually starts liking him and the way she said those words in the car made him believe that she actually likes him.

There was no true in it, they both were complete opposite but as the saying goes "opposite attracts". It was slowly proving true in his case. This was his belief. He could clearly see them getting married with him being the best man, standing behind him, crying and laughing at the same time, their children running around him and calling him "uncle…uncle" as they watch in affection.

"no..no..no..no..no" he said applying brakes as the car stopped in front of his apartment.

"Riddhima and Rahul…no way…they are not even close to becoming a pair. They just don't fit together. They are not meant to be together. Armaan and Riddhima sounds perfect. Armaan and Riddhima…Armaan - Riddhima…" he was muttering in a dreamy state sitting inside the car. The ringtone of his cell bought him back. He frowned looking at the caller. Before he could even open his mouth to say something he heard him yelling on the other side.

"aage se mujhe call mat kariyo. I won't pick your call, I won't talk to you ever. Aaj tune mujhe dekha diya. You are not my friend anymore. You are a big, ugly, CHAMELEON… ladki mill gayi to dost to bye-bye. Fine it's bye-bye from side to… hamesha ke liye" the line went dead before he could even reply.

He looked at the phone in his hand , anger already at the boiling point. "ARGH..you called me a chameleon, then let me tell you ..you..you..you..you are a wild lizard directly coming out of drain…aaj tu gaya rahul..tujhe koi nahin baccha sakta..mein bhi nahin.."he slammed the car door and made his way towards his apartment.

Getting through the front door wasn't even an option. Knowing the stubborn nature of rahul , he knew he won't open the door at any cost. The only option left – climb the pipes. Never in his wildest dream had he thought that one day he'll be climbing the pipes for a guy. What if I get caught?. What will I say? I am climbing the pipes coz rahul isn't talking to me that too at 1:00 in the night. But was there any option left. He had to talk to him at any cost- whatever the consequences be, he was ready to face anything even embarrassing himself in front of the whole world. He reached the back of the building and looked at his window. It was dark but he knew that rahul doesn't sleep this early. He must be lying on the bed enjoying his night with a detective novel.

"I am coming rahul." he said as he started climbing the pipe, gripping it tightly not looking down. He reached his window and was about to knock on the window but stopped himself knowing that rahul won't let him enter the house even if he is hanging between life and death. He checked and saw the window wasn't locked. This was the perfect opportunity to enter. Like a thief, he slid the window without making any sound and jumped inside. As it was dark inside, he had no idea where he was going or what was in front of him. His felt something slippery beneath his legs and slipped landing on something soft. He felt something moving up and down beneath him and realized that it was none other than rahul.

"rahul ..it's me Armaan" he whispered without moving an inch in the same position.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH" he heard the girl screaming who was under him as armaan scatched his head thinking "why is he screaming like a girl?".

The light turned on and the door opened as armaan looked at the door and saw him standing at the door looking at him angrily with his hands on his waist. He slowly turned his face towards the person beneath him and the only voice that came out of his mouth… "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" he screamed jumping out of the bed. He looked at rahul who was ready to beat him then turned his face towards the girl who got up from the bed and stood on the opposite side of the bed looking horrified.

"I already told you that I don't want to talk to you anymore. To phir yahan kya karne aya hai" rahul asked. Armaan was in a shock looking at a new member in his house, about who he had no idea.. "so this is his actual reason of not talking to me. Hmmm..interesting.. what was he saying..never talk to me ..ab mei bhi dekhta hoon kaise baat nahin karta" he thought looking at rahul.

"aren't you gonna introduce me.." armaan said sweetly as if everything's fine between them, walked towards her as rahul controlled his temper making a fist…. "to this beautiful girl" he held her hand and kissed it as she tried to remove it from his grip.

"armaan haath chod..uska.." rahul said storming into the room pulling her hand from his strong grip as she stepped behind him.

"ohhh..so possessive..ab pata chala how it feels when your best friend betrays you.." he said rudely. "btw aren't you gonna introduce me to your "new girl".." armaan said cheekily as rahul's face turned deeper red. Without wasting any more time, rahul grabbed his hand and took him out of the room, closing the room behind them.

"tell me what are you doing here. I told you very clearly, I don't want to see you anymore. Samajh nahin aya. Should I repeat it again?"

"even I don't want you as my friend anymore. Tujhe sharam nahin ayi mera saath aisa karte hua. Do you have any idea what I am going through since the past few hours. Just coz of your stupidity , riddhima has developed feelings for you… and you.." he was cut off as the door opened and she came out of the room fuming in anger.

" WHAT? rahul..you double minder, I thought you love me aur tu..uss riddhima ko..chhhi..tune aisa karne ka soccha bhi kaise" She grabbed his collar as she was ready to beat him any moment.

"muskaan atleast listen to me. I don't know what he is talking about…main..main to isse jaanta bhi nahin..aap kaun hai..chaliye jaiye mera ghar se" he said avoiding their eyes as armaan narrowed his eyes listening to his nonsense.

"what did you just said?. You don't know me. waah..waah..waah..rahul.. now that you are caught , you don't know me..great..just great.." armaan clapped, amazed at his response. "ab jab tu mujhe nahin jaanta, I have full right to beat you for eyeing riddhima..so should I start or there is still some explanation left" rahul gulped looking at their murderous expression. He was alone and they were two, how on earth he is gonna beat them alone. He saw himself lying on the hospital bed with bandages all over his body.

"okay fine..i know who you are you are- armaan my supposed best friend and you are muskaan the love of my life ..i was just joking" he laughed at his own joke which that no effect on them.

"ho gaya tera natak..now tell me why did you do this to me?"

"what did I do? First of all I have no idea what you are talking about. Riddhima has feelings for me? even if she has , it's not my fault. That day I had told her very clearly I am not in love with her and still if she is attracted towards me, I can't help it man. After all I am a charmer. Girls go crazy over me." he looked at muskaan who was standing, crossing her hands, raising her eyebrow telling him to go on.. "but..but I am crazy about her.. my muskaan my smile" he said wrapping his arm around her shoulder. "aur waise bhi I should be at your place right now. You left me all alone. Agar mujhe kucch ho jaata to. Meri yaad nahin ayi tujhe. You forgot out chuddy-buddy friendship, instead you too are behaving as if I am at fault.aur muskaan tu, is this your faith in love. I thought you love me but you don't even trust me. aise nahin chalega. I think I made a mistake. We both are not meant to be together." rahul turned his back towards them as they both felt back for him. They looked at each other, signaling the other to make the first move. Rahul had helped him in every stage of life, he was always there for him and here he was ready to blast him. muskaan too felt bad as she should have listened to him before jumping to the conclusion. They were feeling guilty for their behavior not knowing that rahul was actually laughing , wiping his crocodile tears.

" now they are gonna beg me to forgive them and they will pamper me. I'll forgive them but not that easily. First let me enjoy..muwaahaaaa" he thought mentally patting himself.

"oh really" he turned and saw them standing with cushions in their hands , ready to beat him. Before he could even respond, they attacked him with the cushions, hitting me till they were out of breath.

"why did you hit me?" rahul asked getting up from the sofa as armaan and muskaan hi-fived , looking at him. This wasn't what he was expecting in return when he blasted them a moment ago.

"awww…poor baby.." muskaan got up from the sofa and held his cheeks "we were just pampering you..the way you wanted. You only just said you want us to pamper you and then you'll forgive us."

"I never said that, I just thought…was I too loud?" he asked to see them nodding their head. Rahul had this bad habit of thinking loudly, telling each and every person around him what he is thinking. He had been into a lot of troubles coz of his habit and how much he tried; he wasn't able to get rid of it.

"so everything fine now?" muskaan asked.

"Yeah, from my side" armaan replied as they turned their heads towards rahul. Seeing their expression, rahul had no other option but to agree to them. He was in no mood to get a beating again.

"yeah I am also cool" he said. Rahul introduced muskaan and armaan informally. The jealousy, anger and frustration they had few moments back vanished as they chatted the whole night. All three were talking and laughing like lost buddies who met today. Armaan and muskaan shared a great rapport from the first day itself. Muskaan an orphan herself saw a big brother in armaan and he got a little sister in muskaan.

The next few weeks passed smoothly. Riddhima was back to normal as was armaan. After that day there was no mention of abhi. He didn't turn up again to harass her. Riddhima asked about him many times but armaan always gave her the same answer "forget about him ,riddhima, he won't bug you anymore" . There was no point arguing with armaan as he won't tell her and rahul, she was never really that comfortable around him after the whole "I love you" episode. Even rahul stayed away from her when armaan told him about their car conversation. He had his own relationship to take care of and didn't want anyone to spoil it not even armaan.

One day armaan came home late and saw her sitting on the sofa with eyes closed. Her specs were on her nose and the pregnancy book was slipping out of her hand. Before it could hit the ground, armaan caught it and kept it on the table. He sat on the table without making any sound and saw the angelic face in front of him. The baby bump added to her natural glow. He kept his hand on her stomach and felt the baby responding to his touch. He remembered the first time when he had felt it. It was something unexplainable. Riddhima had tears in her eyes when she first felt the baby kick. He can never forget that day. She was so excited to share it with him that she came running in the bathroom without even knocking the door. He had come out of the shower with the towel wrapped around his waist and she bumped into him from nowhere. Her hands held his shoulder as his hands wrapped around her waist.

"armaan you know the baby kicked..the baby kicked.." she said excitedly as she kept his hand on her bump. "see..you felt it too isn't?" she asked not realizing the position they were in. armaan nodded as he saw a genuine smile on her face after a long time.

Standing on her tip toes she kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly wrapping her hand around his neck and that's when she saw the position they were in. feeling his bare chest through the thin cotton t- shirt, riddhima slowly pulled back and saw him in the towel. Feeling embarrassed she turned around and excusing herself got out of the bathroom closing the door behind her.

Armaan closed his eyes sighing as he remembered her facial expression. She was affecting him in every possible way and how much he tried; day after day he was finding it difficult to ignore his feelings. He knew he was in love but was scared to tell her. He was scared of his rejection. He was ready to be her friend all her life then to not see or talk to her at all. She had come out of a bad relationship and her first priority will be her baby. But how can he ignore these feelings that were ready to explode. His heart was losing the battle and how much he tried he knew he won't be able to control it for a long time. Her smiling face, her laugh, her eyes, her lips, and her face haunted him in his dreams. She'll be an excellent mother; he had no doubt about it. The way she used to talk to her baby every day stirred his heart. How he longed to sit beside her and listen to her sweet talks.

She slowly opened her eyes adjusting her specs and saw his face. He was sitting in front of her looking at her with dimpled smile. She always liked his smile- a sweet smile which can bring smile on anyone face. She touched his dimple softly with her forefinger, something she had been doing a lot lately.

"good evening…" she greeted looking at the clock. .. "tum kab aye?" she asked yawning as he got up from the table and kissed her head as she closed her eyes with a smile.

"just now..when you were thinking about me" he said as she threw the cushion at him. Since the past few days, he had developed a new habit of irritating her. This was his way of distracting his mind and even enjoyed it.

"armaan.." she whined as she stood up slowly.. "I wasn't thinking about you okay?" she said pointing her finger at him as he laughed at her cute irritated expression.

"I know you weren't thinking about me..you were thinking about ….US" he said walking towards the bathroom to freshen up.

Riddhima didn't answer this time coz he was right this time. She was thinking about them a lot lately and their future. What the future holds for them. His presence around her was affecting him. She used to talk to her baby about armaan. For her , armaan was like an angel in disguise. After the abhi fiasco her whole perception about love changed. She had promised herself that she won't let anyone come close to her. Her whole world will revolve around her baby. But lately she has been thinking a lot about him and their future together. Her baby talks were about armaan- his likes and his dislikes, his nature and his talks. One day she didn't even realized that armaan was standing on the door watching her. Luckily he didn't hear anything.

The door opened, he came and sat on the dining table. Riddhima went to the kitchen and came out with the dinner. Armaan had requested her to let him help her and her reply was "armaan you are already doing so much for me and I don't want to sit at home the whole day doing nothing, please at least let me do this for you.." the innocence in her voice melted his heart and it was decided that she'll take care of the household activities. The food was cooked by her and the cleaning was done by the house keeper.

"so how was your day?" riddhima asked sitting beside him as she served him the food.

"it was good." He replied putting the morsel in his mouth… "hmmm..yummy.." he said licking his finger as she smiled at his childish act.

"riddhima tomorrow is your doc appointment I hope you haven't forgotten" riddhima nodded her head. There were times when she had forgotten her medicines or her appointment but armaan never. He was always there keeping a check on her- how a husband takes care of his wife during her pregnancy. She blushed thinking of him as her "husband", looking at him as he was busy finishing the whole food.

After doing the dishes, they watched t.v. for sometime and riddhima went back to the bedroom as she was feeling sleepy as armaan continued watching, keeping the volume low.

Next day they went to the doc for her checkups. After her checkups, riddhima waited for him as he was still inside talking to the doc.

"armaan I have told you earlier also, you need to keep her happy. Medicines aren't the only solution to her problems. You have to make her move on in her life. I know it's not that simple but if she continues to live like this it's gonna affect her baby. She needs someone beside her to take care her, support her , love her and you have to be that someone. I am sure you know what I am talking about" armaan nodded. The doc was rahuls's friend and knew everything about riddhima's past.

He reached the parking lot and saw her waiting there . "what took you so long?" riddhima asked as he started the car.

"nothing.. the usual stuff..make sure she eats this, eats that, takes medicines on time…" he said looking straight as her eyes were fixed on him.

"bas?...aur kucch to nahin bola na"

"nahin riddhima..bas yahi bola..agar aur kucch hota to mein tumhe batata"

"ok" she said still not satisfied with his response. The whole journey was silent; the whole convo with the doc was playing in his head. He dropped her home and made his way towards rahul's house as he was the only one who could help him.

"rahul what should I do man?..i mean I can't see her like this. She pretends that she is happy but I know she is not and today even the doc warned me about her condition. Kucch samajh nahin aa raha hai." He asked pacing the whole room as rahul was sitting on the sofa , finding solution to his problem.

"Tell her that you love her and marry her" rahul said in an instant as armaan stopped in his track, looking at him with "are-you- mad" look. "you love her then what's the problem? Someday you are going to confess to her..isn't" armaan nodded "so why not now. And buddy though I am not a profession in these matters, I think she likes you too. I mean the way she behaves around you; she had never behaved like this with me. With me she is always like the tough girl, ready to beat me anytime" ?"rahul said remembering about the time when riddhima slapped him for saying 'I love you'. "But when she is around you, she is the complete opposite. She transforms herself into the soft- spoken girl, who needs someone around her all the time; she is always doing something to grab your attention. Haven't you noticed it?"armaan thought about what rahul said, still not satisfied whether to go ahead or not. He was not ready to hear a no from her but even his words made sense. Indeed riddhima's behavior towards him has changed since the past few weeks. Does this mean that even she feels something about him? He had to found out, that too, quickly.

"so?"rahul asked

"so..what?" armaan asked still in thoughts. Rahul words gave him a bit of confidence to go further. Till now he had maintained a friendly relationship with riddhima and he also knew that for him riddhima is not just a mere friend. She is more than a friend. She is the women he would like to spend the rest of his life with. If he goes ahead with the whole proposing thing, what worse can happen. Either she'll reject him or she'll accept him. Even if she rejects him, he'll spend the rest of his life with her friendship and the moments they shared together coz he knew that no one can take her place in his heart.

Armaan decided to propose her on his birthday i.e. after two days. Rahul and muskaan were the in charge of the whole preparations. Armaan in the mean-time didn't even talk to her normally making her suspicious. She tried asking him but all he replied was that it's just some office tension. He wasn't sure about himself if he'll be able to shut his mouth in front of her, hence was always looking for excuses to avoid her.

The D-day arrived, for armaan it was either a make or break day. if riddhima accepts his proposal,it will be the best birthday present ever and if she rejects , he will never celebrate his birthday ever. Armaan, rahul and muskaan were waiting for her arrival. Minutes converted into hour, hour converted into hours but there was no sign of her. He tried her cell phone but all he could hear was the ringtone.

Getting tensed at her sudden disappearance they reached his home where armaan found a note written by riddhima. "she left me rahul, she left me" was all he said as the note fell from his hand and tears formed in his eyes. Muskaan read it as her own eyes became teary looking at his condition. Rahul hugged him as he knew that armaan needed him the most. All his dreams of spending the rest of his life with riddhima were shattered and there was no way anyone can join those pieces back, not even he himself.

AFTER 3 months

"I now pronounce you husband and wife..you may kiss the bride" armaan opened his eyes and saw his best friend rahul standing in front of him grinning shamelessly at his condition.

"that's it armaan ..see it's so simple and then you can kiss her. I know how desperate you are.." rahul said hitting his shoulder..

"I am not desperate"armaan said rolling his eyes as rahul gave him a questioning look.. "okay fine I am a bit desperate but you are sure about this..i mean it's gonna work ..right" armaan asked unsure himself and why not, after all today is his wedding and he himself doesn't know if the bride is gonna show up or not. This wasn't his plan to make riddhima confess her love but when you have a friend like rahul you are bound to do what he tells you. The mastermind behind this idea was none other than rahul, who came up with this unique idea. They were just waiting for riddhima to show up in order to put their plan into action.

The guests had arrived, priest was ready and armaan- well he was nervous as a freak. armaan looked at the guests consisting of rahul's parents , his cousins as well as his far relatives and few co-workers who were more close to rahul. Armaan smiled back as they saw them smiling at him and turned to rahul who was busy with the priest.

"rahul are you sure these people are here for my marriage. They are all related to you in some way or other. This is looking more like your marriage and…." He stopped as he saw the blank expression on his face.

"what the … I can't believe this.. you moron.., aisa ganda khayal tera dimag mein aya bhi kaise…you have been preparing for your marriage from my money and I thought you really cared about me. Now I get it, why you were so interested from church wedding to guest list, to food and your whole family." He was looking at him angrily as rahul stood in front of him shamelessly showing his 32 pearl white.

"armaan chill ..you know just coz of this attitude of yours maine tujhe kucch nahin bataya. You wouldn't have agreed to this. aur waise bhi shaadi teri ho ya meri kya farak padtha hai. Atleast one of us is gonna get married today". Armaan was fuming in anger listening to his nonsense talks.

"now stop blushing... you are a man and men don't blush. Stop embarrassing me in front of my parents. Vo tere baare mein kya sochange? Come on now be strong and face the world . mein kab tak teri help karunga" armaan gritted his teeth , making a fist controlling his temper. Armaan would have probably killed him by now if his parent's weren't sitting there. Armaan knew it's no point talking to him and spoiling his mood so he turned his attention towards the door waiting for his love to show as rahul got busy with other guests as if everything is normal and nothing happened.

"riddhima is here.." a guy shouted running towards the church as everyone took their position. Muskaan came running through the door and took her position beside armaan as his would be wife. Rahul couldn't take his eyes off as he looked at his lady love looking like a princess in the white dress. At that point all he wished for is to be in place of armaan.

"father you know from where you have to start. Don't start from the vows. Agar riddhima ne kucch react nahin kiya to inki shaadi sacchi mein ho jayuegi. They'll be officially married. I don't want to take any chances. You start from…"

"ya..ya I know from where I have to start. This is the 20^th time you are reminding." father glared at him sounding frustrated. Armaan was looking at the door waiting for riddhima to come and confess her love, but muskaan stopped him from looking at the door and made him look at her. rahul looked at the door and as soon as riddhima entered he whispered "start".

Clearing his throat, priest looked at both of them and started.. "I now prounce you.."

"Father a bit slow, we are not in a hurry..aise to riddhima react bhi nahin karegi.."

The priest rolled his eyes , shook his head and started again taking 15 sec break after every word "I ………Now…Prounce…you ………husband……and …..wife…"

Armaan was looking at muskaan but he could feel her presence. He couldn't look but knew she was very close to him. He heard her sniffing and all he wanted to do was to take her in his arms and tell her how much he loves her. He tried turning his face but feeling muskaan's hands pressing his, stopped.

"..you….may…….. kiss…the…..bride….." he heard the priest. He couldn't wait any longer. He had to tell her how much he loves her whether she loves him or not. He can't kiss muskaan. Muskaan was rahuls' fiance and in no way he is gonna stretch any longer.

He turned to look at riddhima and saw her back. She was walking out of the wedding without saying anything. She stopped at the door when she heard his voice.

to be continued

hey guys..finally today a much delayed part is updated. i hope you all enjoyed it. sorry for ending abruptly , the thing is nothing was coming in mind, after this so had to stop here,

waiting to know your views. and a big thank you to everyone who pressed the like button.

once again sorry for taking so long to update the part. next part will be up soon..

loads of love..

Mel...

nice part yar plzzz cont soon!!!!!!!

Hey Babes,

It was jus awesum!!!!!!!!!
Cant wait till da nex upd8!!!!!!
Plzzz do cont sooooooooooooonnnnnn..............

Luv
karankideewanix
aka
Alisha

P.S. PLZ DO PM ME WEN U HAV UPD8D!!!!!!!!!
FANX!!!!!!!!!!!!

my god look who is here

aap aaye bahaar aaye hehe

hey dear